2014 Jeep Compass

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Jan 13, 2014 at 12:01 AMJan 13, 2014 at 4:53 PM

From this angle, the family resemblance between the 2014 Compass and the top-of-the-line Jeep Grand Cherokee is unmistakable. Jeep

The first big business story of 2014 was that Fiat finished buying Chrysler, paying $4.35 billion for whatever remaining stock it didnít already own. The takeover had begun in 2009, when Fiat boss Sergio Marchionne flew into Detroit like a Marvel superhero and rescued Chrysler from its latest inept owner, a New York hedge fund called Cerberus Capital. Two years later, Chrysler was able to pay off its government loans.

One reason for Marchionneís interest in Chrysler was its Jeep division.

As a brand, Jeep means as much to Europeans as it does to us. Jeeps made their public debut in Europe, in fact; the first ones were driven ashore in Sicily, in 1943, by American GIs.

That Jeep inspired the Brits to create the Land Rover, and today a Jeep Grand Cherokee has as much star power over there as a Range Rover does here.

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From this angle, the family resemblance between the 2014 Compass and the top-of-the-line Jeep Grand Cherokee is unmistakable. Jeep

The first big business story of 2014 was that Fiat finished buying Chrysler, paying $4.35 billion for whatever remaining stock it didnít already own. The takeover had begun in 2009, when Fiat boss Sergio Marchionne flew into Detroit like a Marvel superhero and rescued Chrysler from its latest inept owner, a New York hedge fund called Cerberus Capital. Two years later, Chrysler was able to pay off its government loans.

One reason for Marchionneís interest in Chrysler was its Jeep division.

As a brand, Jeep means as much to Europeans as it does to us. Jeeps made their public debut in Europe, in fact; the first ones were driven ashore in Sicily, in 1943, by American GIs.

That Jeep inspired the Brits to create the Land Rover, and today a Jeep Grand Cherokee has as much star power over there as a Range Rover does here.